Friday, November 16: 11:00-12:00
Sessions 231-250
Session: 231 Title: Using the Read/Write Web in Classrooms
and Libraries
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Doug Johnson, Mankato Schools, Minnesota
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Salon 1, Seats: 260
New web-based tools are opening exciting collaborative learning
opportunities for teachers and librarians. Find out how K-12 teachers and
media specialists are using wikis, blogs, feed readers, social bookmarking
sites, and other Web 2.0 tools to increase student engagement. Tips and
no-cost sites for beginners will be given.
Session: 232 Title: Make It Even Better: Windows Vista Tips
and Tricks
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Brent Williams, Kennesaw State University ETTC
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Salon 2, Seats: 260
How many cool tips and tricks for Windows Vista can be jammed into one hour?
Come find out! This session is intended for new and seasoned Vista users
seeking tips and tricks that can make using Vista more productive and fun.
You will leave with a list of mostly free enhancements that make this great
OS even better.
Session: 233 Title: Are Books Dead? Using Technology to
Enliven Books and Rejuvenate Readers
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Gail Lovely, Gail Lovely Consulting
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Salon 3, Seats: 260
Combine excellent children's books and great technological tools and
resources to enliven your reading program. How can you use technologies to
encourage reading, stretch readers to think and share, and create a book
buzz at your elementary school? Big ideas and specific examples will be
shared.
Session: 234 Title: Easy Digital Photography and Video
Editing
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Leslie Fisher, Fisher Technologies
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Salon 4, Seats: 400
Would you like to be able to put together a quick movie or slide show in
your class easily? Leslie Fisher will show you some of her favorite
techniques for basic, yet effective photo editing and video creation. Photo
organization, photo editing, video creation, video editing, and video
exporting will be discussed and demonstrated.
Session: 235 Title: GaDOE Technology Services Update
LEADERSHIP SESSION
Presenter(s): Travis Willard, , Georgia Department of Education
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Salon 5, Seats: 400
In this session, attendees will hear the annual Technology Services update
from the Georgia Department of Education.
Session: 235 Title: GaDOE Technology Services
Update
Presenter(s): Travis Willard, Georgia Department of Education
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Salon 5, Seats: 400
In this session, attendees will hear the annual Technology Services update
from the Georgia Department of Education.
Session: 236 Title: Freeware: The Good, the Better, and the
Best
Presenter(s): Andrew Smith, Georgia State University
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Salon 6, Seats: 260
With media center budgets coming under increasing strain, media specialists
need to be aware of all the resources they can access at no cost. Many
useful software programs are available at no cost, and these often rival
more costly software. Often a simpler freeware product may be more useful in
the media center than a full-featured professional program. This
presentation will highlight some of the excellent freeware available for a
variety of uses in the media center, including audio and video production
and various open-source products. The presentation will also discuss
technical support as well as potential problems and areas of concern with
using these types of programs.
Session: 237 Title: Podcasting with Windows
Presenter(s): Kevin Culpepper, Montgomery County Schools, Montgomery,
Alabama
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Salon 7, Seats: 260
This session will demonstrate the literal ABCs and 123s of educational
podcasting. We will give a full demonstration from start to finish,
including the uploading and RSS feed. We will also cover each piece of
software (all free) and utilities that will make the process as simple as
possible for teachers and students.
Session: 238 Title: A Novel Approach to Internet Research
Presenter(s): Mamie Ruth Crawford, Butts County Schools
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Salon 8, Seats: 260
In this session, participants will learn how to teach Internet research
using novels. You will learn strategies to develop research questions that
are relevant and interesting, while integrating content and skills across
the curriculum in language arts, reading, and social studies. Participants
will learn how to use the basic components of a novel, like the setting, to
extend learning about the history and culture of the main character in the
novel.
Session: 239 Title: Georgia Virtual School: What's in It for
You?
Presenter(s): Maria Savoldi and Paula Galland, Georgia Department of
Education
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Swiss 1-2, Seats: 88
Come check out a virtual classroom and learn how Georgia Virtual School can
work in partnership with your school to provide unique learning
opportunities for your students. Whether your school is seeking ways to
build course offerings, trying to alleviate overcrowded classrooms, or
serving transfer, work-study or hospital homebound students, Georgia Virtual
School can help. Attendees will also learn about current program
initiatives, employment opportunities, and tips for ensuring student success
in a virtual learning environment.
Session: 240 Title: Building a Collaborative Regional
Educational Partnership
Presenter(s): Jeff Stewart, Macon State College ETTC; Martha Venn, Macon
State College; and Carolyn Williams, Middle Georgia RESA
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Swiss 3-4, Seats: 88
In Middle Georgia, three educational organizations have come together in the
same location and started building a collaborative regional educational
partnership that will affect educators in Middle Georgia from pre-service to
retirement. The School of Education at Macon State College, the Middle
Georgia RESA, and the Educational Technology Training Center are committed
to building a collaborative partnership that expands the professional
learning and professional development opportunities for Georgia educators.
This presentation will provide insight into the process that has taken place
in building this collaborative partnership from the beginning stages through
the development of a five-year regional strategic plan for the three
organizations. Additionally, the current status and the future of this
unique regional educational partnership will be discussed.
Session: 241 Title: Science-N-Technology
BYOL SESSION
Presenter(s): Julia Fuller, Henry County Schools, and Chester Fuller,
Rockdale County Schools
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Kenyan 1-2, Seats: 88
The participants in this session will learn about digitizing science lessons
by integrating technology and using research-based practices while
increasing interest and achievement. The presenter will share many websites
to use with students for the extension of scientific concepts, as well as
several teaching resources for locating the best science lessons the Web has
to offer. Participants will experience how students can improve their
research skills and learn science through use of the Internet in this
hands-on session. All attendees will receive a packet that includes
information about the Science-N-Technology website, as well as science
Internet links organized according to the National Science Education
Standards.
Session: 242 Title: Service in the Midst of Technology
Presenter(s): Vicki Rogers, University of West Georgia
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Kenyan 3-4, Seats: 88
Technology can be intimidating. Constant changes and innovations can take
the focus away from our ultimate goal: serving and teaching our students.
How do we bridge the gap? How do we find balance between using technological
tools and staying on an equivalent plane with our students? This session
will discuss tools and techniques for using the latest and greatest in
technology while still connecting with students and making the best use of
our limited class time.
Session: 243 Title: The Computer Lab—An Alien Place? Or
Another World for Learning?
Presenter(s): Lori Miller, Ware County Schools
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Italian 1-2, Seats: 88
Want to know how to make the most of your school's computer lab? Wondering
how to keep the students focused and engaged and in the right program all
the time? Scared that your kids will access something inappropriate? Been
looking for some lesson ideas and tech-based curriculum for large groups in
a lab setting? Need some ideas for technology clubs that you can start? In
this session, tips and tricks for running a computer lab will be shared,
including management techniques and curriculum ideas. There will be a
sharing time at the end for you to contribute your own suggestions.
Session: 244 Title: Dust Off That Old Novel Study: Bringing
Literature Back to Life
Presenter(s): Rachel Hanson and Jody Watts, Forsyth County Schools
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Italian 3-4, Seats: 88
This presentation highlights a dynamic novel study complete with all related
documentation, assignments, and assessments. This engaging novel study was
created using Activstudio, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, streaming video, and
the Internet. Everything for a teacher/student-friendly interactive unit at
the touch of a button!
Session: 245 Title: Make a Website in an Hour: What Is
Web-Hosting All About?
Presenter(s): Jennie Viers, SchoolinSites
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: German 1-2, Seats: 88
Create a
website in one hour using a web-hosting service. Communicate to the parents,
community, and other educators. Show what is happening in your school and
classroom. Web-hosting is basically letting someone else do all the work.
Take a look at one web-hosting company, SchoolinSites, and see how easy it
is to create a website. Create school news stories that can be put on the
district website with just one click. "My dog ate my homework" won't work
anymore. Post assignments to the Web so that parents can see what is
happening in your classroom and students can download the lost homework
assignment.
Session: 246 Title: Online Duflippies for Secondary English
That Are Neato Torpedo!
Presenter(s): Stephanie Milner, National Science Center ETTC
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: German 3-4, Seats: 88
Loads of
interactive activities are available online for high school English
classrooms, and this session will explore a number of cool examples. We will
discuss topics such as online SAT preparation, interactive games, blogging,
podcasting, and more. Easy methods of incorporating each activity into daily
lessons will be examined. Participants will receive a handout that includes
screen shots, the links, and information regarding each application visited
in the session.
Session: 247 Title: Blogs and Wikis! Oh My!
Presenter(s): Anita Foster and Herman Wood, Cobb County Schools
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Australian 1-2, Seats: 88
How can I use what my students know how to do at home in the classroom? How
are other educators using this Web 2.0 technology to teach their students
and collaborate with others? Why should I allow my students to network with
other classes and students across the world? What is the difference between
Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 and why should I care? All these questions and more will
be answered as educators are shown how to embed this technology into their
curriculum. Do you have a basic understanding of what a blog is but need
ideas to implement a blog in your classroom? Have you heard about wikis but
are unsure how you and your students can use it? Blogs and wikis can help
connect and educate students in the same classroom or across the world!
We'll show how to build blogs and wikis, discuss the differences, and how to
best use them.
Session: 248 Title: Classroom Needs and Grant Expectations:
A Road Diverged?
Presenter(s): Zack Summerlin, University of Georgia ETTC, and Deana Spacek,
Macon State College ETTC
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Australian 3-4, Seats: 88
When teachers are handed new technology and are asked to fulfill obligations
of a grant using the technology, the first thought is, How am I going to get
everything done that is expected of me this year? So, how can administrators
and teachers work together to create a classroom environment where the
technology is embraced by teachers, and the grant expectations and classroom
needs are seen as one effort? This session will consider three typical grant
expectations that are sometimes viewed as additional work to teachers
(training, unit plans, and portfolios), but if used appropriately are
actually less work and have more benefits to the teachers and administrators
than the grant itself.
Session: 249 Title: Shoot, Slice, and Produce!
Student-Created One-Minute Commercials
Presenter(s): Richard Howard, Rhonda Grubb, and Holly Huynh, Thomaston Upson
Schools
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Spanish 1-2, Seats: 88
Want to add zing, zest, and pizzazz to student presentations? This session
is for you! Students produced one-minute commercials using a variety of
technologies, including camcorders, digital cameras, royalty-free music, and
Movie Maker. Students chose a school-related area of interest to advertise,
such as a club, a sport, or a class. Commercials followed the Georgia
Student Media Festival guidelines and were then entered in the festival;
several were state winners.
Session: 250 Title: Come Be "Nspire"d
Presenter(s): Diana Lossner, Cobb County Schools
Time: Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, Location: Spanish 3-4, Seats: 88
Participants will see the newest handheld technology from TI. This new
handheld device will allow students to connect algebra, geometry and data
analysis. This new technology will be vital as we implement the new GPS in
mathematics in Georgia.
